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Portal scouting: Searching for transfers in college football
Justin Crouse, director of player personnel for Memphis, makes his first check of the transfer portal around 8 a.m. each day, searching for new names in the NCAA’s database of football players looking for a…
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Trump wants to restore waiver for service academy athletes
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he is looking into offering a waiver that would allow athletes attending the nation’s military academies to play professional sports immediately upon graduation. Trump made the announcement…
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Prosecutors: Alarms show Houston teen fatally shot parents
HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors say house alarms and motion detectors indicate a Houston teenager whose father was a standout linebacker for Texas A&M before a brief NFL career fatally shot his parents. Jurors were told…
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UConn expresses reservations about AAC media deal with ESPN
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Jean Labutis is 82-years-old and a huge UConn basketball fan. The retired lawyer, who lives in Manchester, said watching the school’s men’s and women’s teams on television gets her through the…
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American touts ESPN deal as similar to conference network
American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco says the league’s new media rights deal with ESPN gives the AAC a platform similar to having its own branded network. The American and ESPN announced Wednesday a 12-year…
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Ethics board ends appeal of UConn nepotism ruling for Edsall
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s ethics board has withdrawn its appeal of a court decision that allowed UConn football coach Randy Edsall to keep his son as an assistant coach. An advisory board of the…
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New UConn president says he’s committed to football, AAC
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — The University of Connecticut’s incoming president says he’s committed to a major college football program and doesn’t plan to move the school out of the American Athletic Conference. Thomas Katsouleas, the…
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Thursday Sports in Brief
COLLEGE BASKETBALL WACO, Texas (AP) — Kalani Brown had 20 points and 17 rebounds as No. 8 Baylor won over a top-ranked team for the first time, beating UConn 68-57 Thursday night and handing the…
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Houston hires coach Dana Holgorsen away from West Virginia
Houston hired West Virginia’s Dana Holgorsen as its coach Wednesday, ending his eight-year run with the Mountaineers. Holgorsen was 61-41 and 33-30 in the Big 12 as he helped guide West Virginia through the transition…
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Meyer exits a winner, Buckeyes tops Huskies at Rose Bowl
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Dwayne Haskins passed for 251 yards and three touchdowns, and Urban Meyer finished his coaching career at Ohio State with a 28-23 victory after the Buckeyes held off Washington’s thrilling fourth-quarter…
6 months ago